We had a stormer of a gig at Shrewsbury Folk Festival attested by a couple of reviews that follow: from the Shropshire Star: Blistering set as curtain falls on Shrewsbury Folk Festival A blistering live set from stand-in headliners The Treacherous Orchestra brought the curtain down on Shrewsbury’s most successful folk festival to date. and from Folk and Roots “The Treacherous …
TO on Mike Harding BBC2 Highlight Show from Cambridge Folk Fest
Take a listen to this at about 28 min on the Mike Harding’s BBC Radio 2 extended Highlight Show for the Cambridge Folk Festival. Mike says of TO: “an incredible performance… had the entire crowd leaping up and down!” not bad really!
Fantastic Cambridge Folk Festival 2012 review from Virtual Festivals
‘An electrifying array of musical talent’… With a magical Celtic blend of fairytale nonsense, Treacherous Orchestra march on stage with all the curiosity of a Victorian vaudeville act. Top hats and bagpipes are the order of the night as the twelve piece Scottish-Irish folk band whip the audience up into a wide-eyed frenzied melting pot of happiness. Treacherous Orchestra ease …
Cambridge Folk Festival gig live on Sky Arts
Hi folks, We’ve just had confirmation from Sky Arts that our performance at the Cambridge Folk Festival will be going out Live on Sky Arts tomorrow night (Fri 27th July). The show starts at 10pm and is hosted by Zoë Ball and Mark Radcliffe. Can you all spread the news for us on this one which will be especially for …
Shetland Folk Festival launches “The Trad Seeds” Educational Project
PRESS RELEASE – 17th April 2012 The Shetland Folk Festival Society has selected 5 young Shetland musicians to participate in another exciting and innovative Folk Festival collaboration project that will form part of the 32nd annual event, kicking off in two weeks time. Working in partnership with the Anderson High School, The Trad Seeds project will unite the 5 young …
Lorient Festival appearance announced
Lorient Festival Interceltique have announced a Treacherous Orchestra gig on Friday 10th August. This will be TO’s first trip to Brittany and France.
Sidmouth Folk Week date
Just announced…we’re off to Sidmouth Folk Week. Come and see us on Tuesday 7th August at the Bulverton. The Summer’s shaping up to be gooooood!
Another (great) festival added…
We are delighted to be heading back to Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival this year! Who’s coming along? MUSIC NEWS Scotland had this to say: “If you missed our very early morning announcement – The Treacherous Orchestra are playing the ninth Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival along with Scots indie stars Travis and Liverpool rockers The Wombats – see MUSIC NEWS Scotland …
Two new Summer Festivals announced
TO are delighted to say that performances at two new Summer Festivals were announced today – we’ve known about them for a while but couldn’t tell you until now! on Friday 25th May and a return visit to on Friday 27th July
TO Members flying the musical flag at Celtic Connections 2012
This month sees the annual Celtic Connections festival take place in Glasgow and as ever many of the TO members are involved in shows. Just in case you wanted to catch the guys out of their Treacherous guise here’s a wee guide as to what folk are up to over the festival weeks. Duncan Lyall New Voices@The Strathclyde Suite, …